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April 17, 2026
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Decker: Too Good to Be True

By Luke Decker | February 20, 2013

Born without fibulas, his legs were amputated below the knee when he was only 11 months old. By age 17, he had the world record in the T44 (reduced function in lower limbs) 100-meter dash.

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Gil: Lost and Unfound

By Michelle Gil | February 19, 2013

The fact that Murphy's Law dictates my life was as clear to me as ever on the night last fall when my favorite sweatshirt was stolen.

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Rothfeld: An Untenable Paradigm

By Becca Rothfeld | February 17, 2013

Last week, the Associated Press released an internal memo advising its journalistic staff to refer to members of same-sex marriages as "partners" or "couples" rather than "husbands" or "wives." Ensuing criticism from LGBTQ rights groups prompted the A.P.'s editorial board to issue a revisionary statement clarifying the publication's stance: the terms "husband" and "wife" may be used to describe same-sex spouses only when "those involved have regularly used those terms," reads the missive. The A.P.'s decree is more than an isolated or publication-specific guideline.

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Alston: A Step in the Right Direction

By Will Alston | February 17, 2013

I do not often find myself praising President Barack Obama, particularly on education issues. However, during last Tuesday's State of the Union address, he outlined a sensible proposal to address the problem of college affordability.

Too many students use the Dartmouth bubble as an excuse to fuel their own willful ignorance of politics and current events, both national and global.
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Coffey: Dear Reader

By Kamiar Coffey | February 13, 2013

Sam Lindsay / The Dartmouth On occasion we all let the gorgeous wilderness surrounding our campus lull us into a false sense of importance.

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Ramesh: The Equal Pay Farce

By Chandrasekar Ramesh | February 12, 2013

Professional French tennis player Gilles Simon was torn apart on the blogosphere last summer after commenting that female players should not receive equal pay, prompting the resurgence of equal pay advocates.

But more importantly,
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Boral: The Bigger Sandbox

By Austin Boral | February 12, 2013

Julian MacMillan / The Dartmouth As Theodor Geisel once remarked, "Adults are just obsolete children and the hell with them." Coming from one of the most influential children's authors of all time, this quote carries a certain amount of gravity in the adult world.

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Decker: Worldly Connections

By Luke Decker | February 11, 2013

I was talking to one of my good friends from the University of California, Berkeley the other day about a term that she decided to take off in the middle of her junior year.

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McKay: Flawed Foundations

By Katie McKay | February 10, 2013

On the first day of my Writing 5 class, my professor asked, "Why does the college require that you take Writing 5?" The question seemed so obvious that one student replied, "To learn how to write better?" My professor pressed us further.

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Shaw: A Light Punishment?

By Yesuto Shaw | February 10, 2013

Even though I am away from Dartmouth this term, I have still been following the conversations regarding the hazing-related sanctions recently given to Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.

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